Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member nations –and beyond

A new European era begins

A-League shrinks

01 This season’s Champions League has seen the longest away day (6,900km) in the competition’s history, with Portugal’s Sporting hosting Kairat Almaty. What nation are the latter from? 02 Nikita Parri

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The depth and quality of golf on the continent has never been stronger, so compiling this list has never been harder…